The Australian philosopher colin leslie dean notes a paradox in evolutionary theory similar to the paradox of Cain in the bible

The first humans Adam and Eve gave birth to Cain and Ableso who did Cain mate with

similarly who did the first bird mate with who did the first dog mate with

an individual of species A gives birth to a individual of the new species B so who did this new individual of new species B mate with to continue the new species

either

1)there was no one to mate with- so how did the new species B become commonor2)a whole lot of species A gave birth toa whole lot of new individuals of species B at the same time so that these new individual members of species B could mate together

if this 2) was the way it happenedwe have a major problemit would mean something made a whole lot of members of species A give birth to a whole lot new members of species B at the same timewe are told species form due to random mutationssoit is beyound possibility that the same random mutation took place in a whole lot of different members of species A at the same time

the other alternative is that some intelligence was at work

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Three freshman-engineering students were sitting around talking between classes, when one brought up the question of who designed the human body.One of the students insisted that the human body must have been designed by an electrical engineer because of the perfection of the nerves and synapses.Another disagreed, and exclaimed that it had to have been a mechanical engineer who designed the human body. The system of levers and pulleys is ingenious."No," the third student said, "you're both wrong. The human body was designed by an architect. Who else but an architect would have put a toxic waste line through a recreation area?"

A wise man once said to me:"Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."